Obstructed by law enforcers, the BNP was unable to stage its planned demonstrations in most of the districts yesterday.

The recent reshuffle in the board of Islami Bank will not lead to any change in its core banking practices based on sharia law, Arastoo Khan, the new chairman of the bank, said yesterday.

Sixteen areas in the capital, including Gulshan, Uttara, Dhanmondi, Lalmatia and Motijheel, have heavy presence of Aedes mosquitoes, responsible for transmitting diseases like zika and dengue, finds a health directorate survey. The findings are in line with the alarming number of dengue cases, at least 6,000 in the last one year, the highest since 2002 when it was 6,132.

Several little-known local companies have bought the bulk of the local shares in the Islami Bank Limited over the last one and a half years, leading to the latest reshuffle at its top level, say officials of the bank.

The ruling Awami League is drafting a set of proposals seeking some radical reforms in the electoral laws in efforts to cap campaign spending in parliamentary polls, sources have said.

Having failed to get permission for holding a rally in the city, the BNP yesterday announced that it will stage nationwide protests today against the denial of permission by police and attacks on party men on January 5. BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed made the announcement at a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office.

“Communalism, superstition, terrorism and militancy are still hindering the country's democratic march. Democratic values and non-

Ansar members kept a fire under control until the fire-fighters came and doused the flames at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University yesterday.

The economy showed signs of resilience in the first half of fiscal 2016-17 in the face of global and domestic challenges, but the government needs to

After the killing of “Neo JMB” leader Nurul Islam Marzan in a “gunfight” with police, investigators say the group has plunged into a leadership crisis but a few militants with potential to lead the outfit are yet to be hunted down.

Asha Moni has seen a lot even though she is just 12. When she was six years old, her grandmother brought her to Dhaka from Dinajpur and made her work as a domestic help in a flat.

Gunmen killed a Bangladeshi peacekeeper in the restive Central African Republic, said Inter Services Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) yesterday.

It was yet another day out in the middle for the Tigers and yet another heavy defeat for them. The latest one -- a 47-run defeat

In the wake of widespread criticism over some embarrassing blunders in school textbooks, the National Curriculum and Textbook Board has finally formed a review committee to find out and then correct the mistakes.

On November 2, someone from Dhaka entered the domain of al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS). Investigators found the cultural institute of

Slain militant leader Nurul Islam Marzan, who played the role of operational commander in the Gulshan café attack, was indoctrinated into radical beliefs by his relatives.

Top “Neo JMB” leader Nurul Islam Marzan, who allegedly coordinated the Gulshan café attack, was killed in a “gunfight” with police in the capital early yesterday. It also left another leader of the militant group dead. He is Saddam Hossain alias Rahul, who led “Neo JMB” activities in northern region.

The Supreme Court will not welcome the proposed law that seeks to make disciplinary rules for removing its judges for incapacity or misconduct, as the draft of the law was prepared when a relevant case was pending before the High Court, the apex court said yesterday.

Dewan Atiqur Rahman Ankhi, allegedly an organiser of the October 30 hate attack on Hindus in Nasirnagar, was arrested in the capital's Bhatara yesterday.

The ruling Awami League celebrated “democracy victory day” across the country yesterday with much fanfare, while the BNP faced difficulties in holding programmes to mark the day as “democracy killing day”.